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Major Events of WW2
By: Anna Moore p.4
Remilitarization of Rhineland
Hitler was unhappy with the Treaty of Versailles which had his country promise to dearm. He started building his military back up and invaded the Rhineland for more land.
1936
Anschluss
There was a large German populaton in Austria and Hitler believed that they should be apart of the Thrid Reich. Austria's government was against being annexed so Hitler invaded with no retaliation and took Austria.
1938
The Munich Agreement
This was a meeting between Germany, Britain, France, and Italy that allowed Hitler to annex the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. Britain and France appeased Hitler saying he could take it if he left them in peace and concluded his conquest
1938
Invasion of Poland
Hitler and Stalin made a pact to make peace with each other if they could split the land they capture by invading Poland. They attack Poland from different sides and deafeat them easily with a method called Blitzkrieg. This causes the U.S to declare war on Germany.
1939
Operation Sealion
This was Germany's attempt to take Britain and the English Channel after they took a hard military hit. Hitler's airofrce the Luftwaffe bombed London for days straight but Churchill didn't surrender and eventually served Hitler his first major defeat.
1940
Holocaust
Hitler gathered over 6 million Jewish and "undesireable" people and put them in concentration camps where they were starved, over worked, killed, and experimented on. He believed his empire should consist of only the "superior" race.
1941
-1945
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese were angry that we cut out their oil supply because they were invading countries in the pathway to the Philipines. In order to retaliate they turned their interest towards weakeing our Navy by surprise attacking a base at Pearl Harbor. We declared war with them the day after.
1941
D-Day- Operation Overlord
This was the invasion of Normandy beaches in France. The Allies needed access to Germany and this was an entrance while also liberating countres from Hitler's rule. This was one of the largest invasions in history and was successful. Less than a year later, Hitler killed himself and Germany surrendered.
1944
Battle of Midway
This was supposed to be a surprise attack on the U.S Pacific Fleet by the Japanese but we found out about it. We were outnumbered but sunk 4 of their aircraft carriers while only losing one of ours . The ships never saw each other. Their massive losses is why this is marked as the turning point, putting Japan on defense.
1945
Dropping Atomic Bombs
Robert Oppenheimer created the atomic bomb which we dropped on Hiroshima. Three days later the U.S bombed Nagasaki. A month later Japan surrenders because of how signifigant and destructive the atomic bomb was.